In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Collins served on these committees:<ref>[http://www.ilga.gov/senate/committees/default.asp "Illinois General Assembly" List of Illinois Senate Committees, July 28, 2009]</ref>

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In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Collins served on these committees:<ref>[http://www.ilga.gov/senate/committees/default.asp ''Illinois General Assembly'', "List of Illinois Senate Committees," July 28, 2009]</ref>

Collins earned her B.S. from Northwestern and her two M.S. in Theological Studies and Human Services Administration from Harvard. Her professional experience includes working as a Policy Fellow for then-Senator Hillary Clinton, Communications Director for Rainbow PUSH Chairman Rev. Jesse Jackson, Engineer for WBBM-AM and TV News Editor for WBBM-TV 2.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Collins served on the following committees:

Elections

2012

Collins won re-election in the 2012 election for Illinois State Senate District 16. She was unopposed in the Democratic Primary on March 20[2][3] and was unopposed in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.[4]

2010

Collins won re-election to the 16th District Seat in the Illinois State Senate with no opposition. The election took place on November 2, 2010.[5]

Illinois State Senate, District 16 (2010)

Candidates

Votes

Percent

Jacqueline Collins (D)

42,253

100.0%

Collins ran unopposed in the Democratic primary election on February 2nd.[6]

2006

On November 7, 2006, Democrat Jacqueline Collins won re-election to the Illinois State Senate District 16 receiving 43,349 votes, ahead of Republican Matthew Szydagis (3,686 votes).[7]

Illinois State Senate, District 16 (2006)

Candidates

Votes

Jacqueline Collins (D)

43,349

Matthew Szydagis (R)

3,686

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Collins is available dating back to 2002. Based on available campaign finance records, Collins raised a total of $402,032 during that time period. This information was last updated on July 16, 2013.[8]

Scorecards

Illinois Opportunity Project

The Illinois Opportunity Project, "an independent research and public policy enterprise that promotes legislative solutions in advance of free markets and free minds," annually releases its Legislative Vote Card, grading all members in both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly on the basis of their support of "pro-growth economic policies that increase personal freedom and reign in expansive government."[9][10]

2012

Collins received a score of 0.00 out of 100 in 2012 for a grade of F according to the IOP’s grading scale. Her score was tied for the lowest among all 59 members of the Illinois State Senate included in the Vote Card.[10]

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